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Social Networking Goes Viral

“KONY 2012" skyrocketed to popularity on YouTube, propelled by thousands of posts on Twitter and Facebook, according to a CNN Wire.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The election of Barack Obama ushered in the use of political networking that hadn't been seen before.

Amazingly, the message failed to register in the minds of the Republican candidates now vying for votes as nominees. Instead of recognizing the potential that the Obama campaign exploited, Republican contenders have been raising huge capital contributions to support traditional speaking engagements and TV ads.

Rwandan Opposition Members Remain Under Attack

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza’s trial continues...

(WASHINGTON DC) - On 12 March 2012, the political trial of the opposition leader Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza resumed. About 200 people from all the folks attended the hearing, and some of them donned pink, a symbol of the prison uniform in solidarity with all Rwandan political prisoners.

The High Court decided to suspend all debates related to genocide ideology in this case until the Supreme Court rules on the defendant petition to nullify the controversial law.

Medical Teams International Launches Nodding Disease Project in Uganda

Medical Teams International has sent over 45 volunteer medical teams to Uganda to address immediate needs and to mobilize long-term health initiatives.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Medical Teams International has launched an emergency response campaign to fund efforts to address nodding disease in northern Uganda.

This mysterious disease only attacks children and has no known cause or cure.

Get Kony in 2012: the Year for Africa`s Invisible Children

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

(SALEM) - The Charles Manson of Africa's Genocidal Guerrilla militants: Joseph Kony of Uganda, will become a very famous man this year.

American Jason Russell has announced the 2012 Campaign for Kony, it isn't an election, it is a search for one of the world's foulest war criminals and child abductors.

Rwanda: Peaceful Change is Not Dangerous

"The Road to Rwanda is a difficult journey but we will soon reach our destination." - John V. Karuranga

(WASHINGTON DC) - In an interview conducted with John V. Karuranga, President of the Rwanda Peoples Party, who lives in exile he expresses his current concerns for Rwanda and his vision of a peaceful and prosperous nation.

JF: Did the interview you recently did with a local online news outlet in Rwanda reach the intended audience and what was the reaction?

Behind the Presidential Curtain: President Kagame and his House Staff

Article by Noble Marara explores inner-workings of Kagame regime.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 1994, our soldiers went out from Byumba to Musha, when I talk of our soldiers I mean the high command alongside President Kagame, they found a child of three years old her parents had been killed.

Though she was three she had been sent to explain more about herself. She was unable to provide her own name to the soldiers so was given the name of Kavutse.

Rwanda: Authorities Continue Embezzling Public Funds with Impunity

Money disappeared, some was stolen; more went missing because tax laws were not properly enforced.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - Over 20 billion (20,000,000,000) Frw or $40 million US dollars have been embezzled from Rwanda national treasury.

One gets these numbers by putting together figures and spreadsheets that were recently made public in a report written by Rwanda's Public Accounts Committee.

Rwanda People`s Party Congratulates Vladimir Putin

"You are truly deserving of the victory you have received from the people of the Russia..."

(VAXJO, Sweden) - In this letter, John V Karuranga, President of the Rwanda People’s Party, contacts Russian President-Elect Vladimir Putin, offering congratulations on his new term.

Karuranga expresses hope that Putin's govt and the RPP can expand collaboration, build on our common goals and promote freedom and democracy in our sister countries.

Sudan: Follow UN Guidance Specifically in Relation to President al-Bashir

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - Ibrahim Gambari, special representative for the joint African Union-UN, recently attended the wedding ceremony with very questionable guests.

It was attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who the International Criminal Court seeks to arrest over two warrants relating to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Chad: Bring Former Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré to Justice

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - The voice of the victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, grows more silent by the day, as more of his victims continue to die, while he lives abroad as a wanted war criminal.

He stands accused in thousands of political killings, and of committing systematic torture from 1982 through 1990.